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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lester's daughter think happens to the sun each evening?
(a) It fell from the sky.
(b) It hid behind the mountains.
(c) It exploded.
(d) The ocean put it out.

2. What does Esmail find the courage to ask Behrani while they are locked in the bathroom?
(a) Should we have given back the house?
(b) Have you ever killed anyone?
(c) Do you know how to get us out of here?
(d) Were you a member of the secret police?

3. What new crimes has Lester now committed as he locks the Behrani family in the bathroom?
(a) Assault and battery.
(b) Assault with a deadly weapon and false imprisonment.
(c) Burglary and blackmail.
(d) Extortion and robbery.

4. Why does Behrani demand to be released from the bathroom?
(a) The Behranis need food.
(b) The family is hot.
(c) The family is cold.
(d) Nadereh is claustrophobic.

5. How has Esmail reacted to Lester's breaking into their home and holding them at gunpoint?
(a) First with anger, then with fear.
(b) First with fear, then with a sense of adventure.
(c) First with fear, then with anger.
(d) First with a sense of adventure, then with true fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kathy plan to do now that she has parked in the driveway of the house?

2. When does Lester believe he has crossed a border with Behrani?

3. What does Lester decide to do with the Behranis after he sees that Esmail could have escaped through the window?

4. What does Deputy Gleason come to tell Lester when he sees him on the street with Behrani and Esmail?

5. Why do the police release Behrani with no charges against him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Connie Walsh's planned defense for Kathy?

2. What is nazr?

3. Why does Lester feel that his gun has become a "burdensome overreaction in the house?"

4. Who does Lester want to call from jail and what does he plan to say?

5. Nadereh berates Behrani while he repairs her mother's table, but he lets her insults "pass over like training jets with no ammunition." Why doesn't he respond to her tirade, and what does she finally say that causes him to enter the argument?

6. Why doesn't Behrani attempt to negotiate with Lester when he breaks in and holds them at gunpoint?

7. As Kathy takes the pills to kill herself, how does her attitude toward the Behranis change?

8. How do Behrani's feelings change when he finds Kathy in the car in his driveway?

9. Why is Kathy's judgment so confused as she drives to the house and parks in the driveway?

10. Kathy says that she only has one hope now while she's waiting for Lester to return. What does she hope?

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